A box set collects material from Sam Cooke's key transitional period at the Keen label. Plus, Michael Doucet, Michel Petrucciani, Chris Maxwell.
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Concert Review: Mirror Visions Ensemble – ‘The Disappearing Art of Letter Writing’ (NYC, 17 Feb 2020)
Four singers and a pianist swung from romance to riotous humor to wartime pathos, delivering musical settings of letters from different eras with force and feeling.
Read More »Morrissey and Bauhaus Top LA’s Cruel World Festival Debut Line-Up
The line-up features a number of acts that came to prominence in the alternative music scene of the 1980s.
Read More »Music Reviews: Various Artists – ‘Echo in the Canyon’, plus the Claudettes, David Childers, Hot Club of Los Angeles
Jakob Dylan stars in a soundtrack album featuring music by such 1960s standouts as the Mamas and Papas, the Byrds, and the Beach Boys.
Read More »Music Reviews: Bruce Springsteen & Friends – ‘Peace, Love & Understanding’, Plus Will Sexton, The Mastersons
A three-and-a-half-hour holiday concert from Bruce Springsteen features great music and luminous guest artists. Plus, Will Sexton and the Mastersons.
Read More »Music Review: Sløtface – ‘Sorry For The Late Reply’
'Sorry For The Late Reply' by Sløtface, manages the alchemy necessary to combine punk aesthetic with pop to make a great accessible album.
Read More »Concert Review: Cellist Jakob Kullberg (Brooklyn, 2 February 2020)
Music by six Nordic composers, including Kullberg himself, allowed three fine musicians to focus on the cellist's ongoing search for new ways to build on the past century's musical traditions while forging his own path.
Read More »Concert Review: New York Philharmonic – Lunar New Year Celebration
The New York Philharmonic with Long Yu, Gil Shaham, and Haochen Zhang marked Lunar New Year 2020 with music by Chinese and Korean composers and Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue.'
Read More »Charlie Doherty’s Top 50 Tunes of 2019
Young artists and veteran hitmakers alike created an abundance of memorable tunes in 2019. Post Malone, Jay Som, Beck, and Sharon Van Etten are among them.
Read More »Music Reviews: Marty Stuart – ‘The Pilgrim,’ Plus Sweet Lizzy Project, Phast Phreddie, Grant Peeples
Marty Stuart’s ‘The Pilgrim,’ a turning point in his career, reappears with bonus tracks and a book. Plus, Sweet Lizzy Project, Phast Phreddie, and Grant Peeples.
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